2019
Relationships between childhood maltreatment, impairment in executive functions and disruptive behavior disorders in a community sample of children
Bernardes E, Manitto A, Miguel E, Pan P, Batistuzzo M, Rohde L, Polanczyk G. Relationships between childhood maltreatment, impairment in executive functions and disruptive behavior disorders in a community sample of children. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2019, 29: 969-978. PMID: 31559500, DOI: 10.1007/s00787-019-01408-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisruptive behavior disordersExecutive functionChildhood maltreatmentCognitive flexibilityEF performanceCommunity sampleBehavior disorderSchool-based sampleCognitive mechanismsCognitive tasksInhibitory controlDisruptive behaviorChild maltreatmentMaltreatmentWorse performanceMental disordersModeratorChildrenImpairmentDisordersIndependent relationshipMemoryFuture studiesAssociationTask
2015
Visuospatial Memory Improvement after Gamma Ventral Capsulotomy in Treatment Refractory Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder Patients
Batistuzzo M, Hoexter M, Taub A, Gentil A, Cesar R, Joaquim M, D'Alcante C, McLaughlin N, Canteras M, Shavitt R, Savage C, Greenberg B, Norén G, Miguel E, Lopes A. Visuospatial Memory Improvement after Gamma Ventral Capsulotomy in Treatment Refractory Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder Patients. Neuropsychopharmacology 2015, 40: 1837-1845. PMID: 25645373, PMCID: PMC4839507, DOI: 10.1038/npp.2015.33.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObsessive-compulsive disorderRefractory OCD patientsOCD patientsVisuospatial memory performanceComprehensive neuropsychological evaluationObsessive-compulsive disorder patientsTreatment-refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder patientsCognitive flexibilityNeuropsychological domainsMemory performanceVisuospatial learningNeuropsychological functioningVisuospatial perceptionIntellectual functioningInhibitory controlRefractory obsessive-compulsive disorderTreatment-refractory OCD patientsMemory improvementGamma ventral capsulotomyMotor functioningNeuropsychological evaluationNeuropsychological outcomesEffects of GVCMotor performanceFunctioning